nominate

adjective | \ ˈnä-mə-nət, -ˌnāt \ | nom·i·nate
  1. : having a special or certain name — compare innominate

nominate

transitive verb | \ ˈnä-mə-ˌnāt \ | nom·i·nate
  1. : to appoint or propose for appointment to an office, position, or place if the testator has nominated an executor of the will the President…shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors —U.S. Constitution art. II

  1. : to propose as a candidate for election to office